Welcome to the 2022 predictions thread, where you can win points and eternal glory!
How it works: please post 1-10 Nintendo related things you think will occur this year, that's it!

I will try to update this thread with all the major Nintendo releases of the year,
just like last year.
Barring unforeseen catastrophe (very unlikely in today's world!) we can then
once again tally everyone’s points by the end so we can discover who the true Futurologist of our board is.
You can predict anything you want in this thread (please don’t manifest another plague though), but if you wanna COMPETE for those highly desirable POINTS, please humor me and follow these
Rules/suggestions:
- You may submit between 1 and 10 predictions for the year.
- If you can write your predictions in numbered list/bullet point format that’d be helpful, but it's not required.
- You get 1 point for being right, half a point for being half-right.
- No points for guessing stuff we already know! See what we already know… below the line!
- You have until the first Direct of the year (February 9th) to submit predictions. Obviously we can continue speculation afterwards, but I don’t wanna go through every post again to assign
meaningless VERY VALUABLE points.
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What we already know:2022 Games/Software-
Pokémon Legends: Arceus January 28th 2022.
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Triangle Strategy March 4th. (Nintendo publishing).
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land March 25th.
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Nintendo Switch Sports April 29th.
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Mario Strikers: Battle League Football June 10th.
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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes June 24th.
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Live-A-Live July 22nd. (Nintendo publishing).
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 July 29th.
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Splatoon 3 September 9th.
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Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope October 20th.
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Pokémon Violet November 18th.
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Pokémon Scarlet November 18th.
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Bayonetta 3 2022.
2022 Hardware/Major merch-
amiibo: Min-Min. April 29th.
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amiibo: Minecraft Steve. 2022.
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amiibo: Minecraft Alex. 2022.
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amiibo: Malzeno, Palamute Canye X, Palico Canye X. Summer 2022.
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Pro Controller - Monster Hunter Rise June 30th.
2022 DLC (paid/free/demos)-
Metroid Dread - 1st Update Rookie Mode, Dread Mode. February 9th.
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Nintendo Switch Sports - Online Play Test February 19th-20th.
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Pokémon Trading Card Game Live - Beta February 22nd. Canada only.
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Demo March 3rd.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 1 March 18th.
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Metroid Dread - 2nd Update Boss Rush. April 2022.
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Mario Strikers: Battle League - First Kick demo May 28th.
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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - demo June 8th.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 12022 Nintendo Switch Online / Services / Mobile- Free trial:
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker January 13th - 20th. NA region
- Free trial:
Terraria January 26th - February 1st. PAL region.
- Free trial:
Ultimate Chicken Horse February 9th - 15th. PAL region.
- Free trial:
Monster Hunter Rise March 11th - 17th.
- Free trial:
Dragon Quest Builders 2 April 20th - April 26th.
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Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion added to NSO Expansion Pak. April 22nd.
- Free trial:
Buddy Mission BOND April 28th - May 5th. JP only.
- Free trial:
Spelunky 2 May 25th - 31st. PAL only.
- Free trial:
Stardew Valley June 13th - 19th. JP & PAL only.
- Free trial:
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle July 4th - 10th.
- Discontinued:
Dragalia Lost July/August?
- Games added to NSO Retro apps:
- Banjo-Kazooie N64. January 20th.
- Earthbound: Beginnings / Mother Famicom. February 9th.
- Earthbound / Mother 2 SNES. February 9th.
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask N64. February 25th.
- F-Zero X N64. March 11th.
- Alien Soldier Genesis. March 16th.
- Light Crusader Genesis. March 16th.
- Super Fantasy Zone Genesis. March 16th.
- Dig Dug II NES. March 30th.
- Mappy-Land NES. March 30th.
- Earthworm Jim 2 SNES. March 30th.
- Harvest Moon Super Famicom. March 30th. JP only.
- Mario Golf N64. April 15th.
- Space Harrier II Genesis. April 22nd.
- Shining Force II Genesis. April 22nd.
- Sonic Spinball Genesis. April 22nd.
- Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards N64. May 20th.
- Pinball NES. May 26th.
- Rival Turf! / Rushing Beat SNES. May 26th.
- Congo's Caper SNES. May 26th. NA/PAL only.
- Umihara Kawase Super Famicom. May 26th. JP only.
- Kirby Super Star SP SNES. June 9th.
- Kirby's Dream Course SP SNES. June 9th.
- Kirby's Dream Land 3 SP SNES. June 9th.
- Pokémon Snap N64. June 24th.
- Zero Wing Genesis. July 1st.
- Comix Zone Genesis. July 1st.
- Target Earth / Assault Suit Leynos Genesis. July 1st.
- Mega Man: The Wily Wars Genesis. July 1st.
Announced projects without dates-
Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp TBA. Previous date: April 8th 2022.
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amiibo: Sephiroth.
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amiibo: Pyra.
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amiibo: Mythra.
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amiibo: Kazuya.
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Detective Pikachu TBA. Previous date: 2020.
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Metroid Prime 4 TBA. Announced June 2017/January 2019.
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Pokémon Sleep TBA. Previous date: 2020.
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Pokémon Trading Card Game Live TBA. Announced September 2021.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 2 2022.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 3 2022.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 4 2022-2023.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 5 2022-2023.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 6 2022-2023.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel Spring 2023.
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Mario Movie. 2023. Previous date: December 21st, 2022.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 2 April 30th, 2023.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 3 latest by 31st December, 2023.
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Cruis'n Blast - Multiplayer & DLC TBA.
2022 Directs-
Nintendo Direct February 9th.
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Pokémon Presents February 27th.
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Indie World May 11th.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct June 22nd.
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Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase June 28th.
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Indie World Expected ~August?
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Indie World Expected ~December?